I stand by every decision I've made throughout my career and my life, good or bad, up or down.

I've never been uncomfortable putting my heart on display, my feelings on display, certainly with an audience.

I've always loved music, very simply, as a vehicle to express myself and that hasn't changed.

Amateurs in professional situations make me very impatient.

Someone once asked me, `How does Jimmy Page strike you?' I replied, `With both hands, of course...'

In the last couple of years I've been facing down a lot of the demons of the past and trying to find out, who I am, It's something I think I'll be doing for the rest of my life.

The critics love to get out their knives and dine on Coverdale. But the worse the criticism gets, the more successful I become.